{"id":124897,"date":"2026-08-30T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/?p=124897"},"modified":"2026-08-30T10:08:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T09:08:58","slug":"state-pension-and-pip-extra-dwp-payment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/state-pension-and-pip-extra-dwp-payment\/","title":{"rendered":"State Pension and PIP Claimants Among Millions Eligible for Extra DWP Payment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The payment has existed for more than five decades and does not require a separate application. According to the Express, eligible claimants must meet two conditions<\/strong> during the qualifying week, which is normally the first full week of December, before the money is automatically paid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who Qualifies for the \u00a310 Christmas Bonus<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To receive the Christmas Bonus<\/a>, a person must be present in, or ordinarily resident<\/strong> in, the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or Gibraltar during the qualifying week. They must also receive at least one benefit included on the qualifying list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Express, the 24 benefits<\/strong> are Adult Disability Payment, Armed Forces Independence Payment, Attendance Allowance, Carer\u2019s Allowance, Carer Support Payment, Child Disability Payment, Constant Attendance Allowance and contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance once the main phase begins after the first 13 weeks of a claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list also includes Disability Living Allowance, long-term Incapacity Benefit, Industrial Death Benefit for widows or widowers, Mobility Supplement, Pension Age Disability Payment, the guarantee element of Pension Credit and Personal Independence Payment. Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance, transitionally protected Severe Disablement Allowance and the State Pension, including Graduated Retirement Benefit, also qualify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other eligible payments<\/strong> are Unemployability Supplement or Allowance under Industrial Injuries or War Pensions schemes, War Disablement Pension at State Pension age, War Widow\u2019s Pension, Widowed Mother\u2019s Allowance, Widowed Parent\u2019s Allowance and Widow\u2019s Pension. People who have not claimed their State Pension and do not receive another qualifying benefit will not receive the Christmas Bonus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DWP Christmas Bonus: Full List of 24 Qualifying Benefits \u00a9 Shutterstock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How the Payment Works and What Couples Need to Know<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

People who satisfy the eligibility conditions do not need to complete a form. According to the Express, the DWP <\/a>automatically sends the additional \u00a310 in December, and the transaction may appear as \u201cDWP XB<\/strong>\u201d on a recipient\u2019s bank statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Christmas Bonus was introduced in 1972 under Ted Heath<\/strong>\u2019s Conservative Government. The amount has remained at \u00a310 since its introduction. The source reports that, using the composite price index published by the UK Office for National Statistics, \u00a310 from that period would be worth about \u00a3118 in today\u2019s money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rules also apply to couples. Where two people are married, in a civil partnership or living together as if they are, and both receive a qualifying benefit, each person receives a separate Christmas Bonus payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A partner who does not receive one of the listed benefits may still qualify in certain circumstances. The Express reports that this can apply when both partners are over State Pension age by the end of the qualifying week<\/strong> and the partner was also present in, or ordinarily resident in, one of the qualifying territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The payment therefore depends on benefit status and residence during the specified December qualifying period, with eligible recipients receiving the \u00a310 automatically rather than through a separate claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Millions of people receiving certain benefits can qualify for an additional \u00a310 payment from the Department for Work and Pensions during the winter. The Christmas Bonus is available to recipients of 24 qualifying benefits, including the State Pension, Personal Independence Payment, Carer\u2019s Allowance and Pension Credit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-welfare","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124897"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124902,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124897\/revisions\/124902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}